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Restaurant Review: Clap Burgers
There are many, maybe too many, restaurants in Colombia that specialize in hamburgers. Clap Burgers is a national chain of restaurants and forgetting that the word clap could mean chlamydia in American slang, we gave them a try at their Envigado location… […]
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Rents: City to City Comparison
These are sample rents obtained via real estate search engines. They are random: It’s possible to find apartments at lower or higher rents. We did not find listings within our parameters in all medium sized cities (Ex: Armenia). In all examples, a […]
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One American’s Secret Paradise: Ibagué
Kevin Garrison is a retired American gent who has made Ibagué, spectacular capital of Tolima, his full time home. He has graciously contributed photos and details of his happy existence in a lesser known city of Colombia Ibagué is a very old […]
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Let’s Talk Like Colombianos: Cuchibarbi
Funny Word: Cuchibarbi Sounds like: Coo-Thchee-barh-bee Means: A woman of a certain age who dolls herself up (like a Barbie doll) Example: Esa vieja parece una cuchibarbi! (that woman looks like an old Barbie!) Origins: From cucha or older lady and the Mattel toy. […]
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The Definitive Guide to Apartment Rentals
Updated on September 7, 2022 Renting an apartment in Colombia for foreigners can be challenging. Much has been said on social networks on the topic including many falsehoods. This guide will tell you everything you need to know to successfully get a […]
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Are Gringos Gentrifying Colombia?
People in Mexico City complain that foreigners living in their city have gentrified it, pushing up the cost of living beyond the reach of most Mexicans. This accusation isn’t without merit and it’s been observed in many locales where large numbers of […]
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Let’s Talk Like Colombianos: Parche
Word: Parche Sounds like: Pahr-tcheh Means: A gathering of friends Example: Hacemos un parche esta noche, amigos! (Let’s get together tonight, friends!) Also can be used as a verb: parchar The above is copyrighted material. Republishing all or any part of it […]
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Hacking Colombia: Notarías
Colombia still uses a lot of paper documents and having them notarized is a fact of life here. In this article, we explain how the process typically works… Tramitología is what they sarcastically call the documentary requirements of just about any registration […]
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Breathtaking: The Church on a Bridge!
One of the most emblematic and must see man made wonders is the Nuestra Señora de las Lajas basilica in Ipiales, Nariño, which seems like something out of a fairy tale as it sits on a bridge over a deep canyon! Ipiales […]
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Peer from Jesus’ Nostrils!
In the town of Belalcázar (Caldas) you’ll come upon a very large effigy of Christ the Redeemer on top of a mountain. This isn’t a statue but a building and you can scale its interior right into Jesus’ head! Colombia had its […]